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Clank vs Tinkle - What's the difference?

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Clank is a related term of tinkle.


In lang=en terms the difference between clank and tinkle

is that clank is to cause to sound with a clank while tinkle is to indicate, signal, etc by tinkling.

As nouns the difference between clank and tinkle

is that clank is a loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal while tinkle is a light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes.

As verbs the difference between clank and tinkle

is that clank is to make a clanking sound while tinkle is to make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.

clank

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
  • Derived terms

    * clankless * clanky

    Usage notes

    * Clank'' usually expresses a duller or less resounding sound than ''clang'', and a deeper and stronger sound than ''clink .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a clanking sound
  • The chains clanked .
  • To cause to sound with a clank.
  • The prisoners clank their chains.

    tinkle

    English

    Verb

    (tinkl)
  • To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
  • The glasses tinkled together as they were placed on the table.
  • * Dodsley
  • The sprightly horse / Moves to the music of his tinkling bells.
  • (intransitive, informal, juvenile) To urinate.
  • To cause to tinkle.
  • To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling.
  • The butler tinkled dinner.
  • To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
  • * Dryden
  • And his ears tinkled , and the colour fled.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes.
  • * 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) , ch. 2:
  • At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. . . . There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
  • (UK, informal) A telephone call.
  • Give me a tinkle when you arrive.
  • (informal, euphemism) An act of urination.